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| Image # : |
2001SpaceStation |
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| Date : |
UNKNOWN
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Title
2001:A Space Odyssey Space Station
Full Description
This the classic space station image from the movie 2001:a Space
Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1968. Praised for its
special effects, the movie based its space station concept on
Wernher Von Braun's model. Kubrick's station in the movie was
900 feet in diameter, orbited 200 miles above Earth, and was home
to an international contingent of scientists, passengers, and
bureaucrats.
Keywords
movie 2001 space odyssey space station concepts
Subject Category
Space-Station Concepts, Miscellaneous-1
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
2001SpaceStation
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00093
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
| Thumbnail |
JPEG |
85 |
135 |
12 |
| Small |
JPEG |
680 |
1079 |
403 |
| Medium |
JPEG |
1417 |
2249 |
2,138 |
| Large |
JPEG |
2834 |
4498 |
13,297 |
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